"A Bird Made of Birds" | Sarah Kay 

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Is anyone going to talk about how smoothly she transitioned into spoken word from just regular speech/a simple story?? The talent she has is absolutely amazing

Whoever put the video together and was in charge of changing angles, cutting to Sarah tiny in the corner of the dark room with an enormous audience on "On days when the world feels especially big" was beautiful and wonderful and I appreciate this decision deeply

okay was anybody going to tell me that figs are pollinated by wasps laying their eggs and dying inside or was i just supposed to learn that from a soft & inspiring poem by sarah kay

So glad to see Sarah back! She's a true artist with a gift for sharing genuine emotion.

This is why I love Sarah...the way she speaks is so enchanting that makes you wanna listen to it the words she speaks is full of metaphors that holds many meanings.

Sarah needs to do more spoken word, Ive missed her so much

"It may not be first, or ever best" "But this is the only way to be sure that i lived it off." I found it very beautiful, about acceptance

I met sarah kay over 5 years ago and "if I should have daughter " was the poem that made everything in my life fall in place. My love for poetry was unveiled and no one will ever understand how significant it was to me.

Transcription "The universe has already written the poem you were planning on writing!" Except, for the first time, it didn't fill me with despair. Instead, I thought, "OK. Maybe it's not my job to invent something new. Maybe instead it's my job to listen to what the universe is showing me and to keep myself open to what the universe offers, so that when it's my turn, I can hold something to the light, just for a moment, just for as long as I have. The universe has already written the poem that you were planning on writing. And this is why you can do nothing but point at the flock of starlings whose bodies rise and fall in inherited choreography, swarming the sky in a sweeping curtain that, for one blistering moment, forms the unmistakeable shape of a giant bird flapping against the sky. It is why your mouth forms an "o" that is not a gasp, but rather, the beginning of, "Oh. Of course." As in, of course the heart of a blue whale is as large as a house with chambers tall enough to fit a person standing. Of course a fig becomes possible when a lady wasp lays her eggs inside a flower, dies and decomposes, the fruit, evidence of her transformation. Sometimes, the poem is so bright, your silly language will not stick to it. Sometimes, the poem is so true, nobody will believe you. I am a bird made of birds. This blue heart a house you can stand up inside of. I am dying here inside this flower. It is OK. It is what I was put here to do. Take this fruit. It is what I have to offer. It may not be first, or ever best, but it is the only way to be sure that I lived at all.

i'm here because Nightbirde quoted Sarah Kaye's poem... and the words were so beautiful... "I am dying here...It is ok. It is what I was put here to do. Take this fruit, it is what I have to offer. It may not be first, or ever best. But it is the only way to be sure that I lived at all." Thank you Sarah Kaye - your piece is so beautiful. Rest in peace Nightbirde. You have touched me with your life, with your wisdom, so deeply.

I just saw her last night for the 1st time live. After years of following her work. She performed this piece. It was so beautiful. And she's such a sweet person! And I got a signed book!

this poem is so imbued with wonder and light and possibility

This blessed young lady is our blessing. The words that shape her energy or the energy that shapes her words are just brilliant. She brings so much lights into the world, and takes her mission so seriously. Can hardly describe how I feel every time I listen to her poems. I know almost all of them by heart. And wow, I’ve just realized she was my New Year’s 2018 present - discovered her right in New Year’s Eve. Thank you, Sarah, thank you, girl!

Yes Sarah Kay is back. I love her and Phil

I can listen to Sarah Kay and never get tired. She lifts me up.

She says, "for one BLISTERING moment". I did not know it's meaning, i had to google it. But when i heard it,with that expression on her face, I knew if I ever wanted to mouth words, i want each of them to sound just like that!

Sarah Kay ❤ Your performance is the essence of your poetry! And yes, you have already written the poems I plan to write, you're my Universe. My thought keeper. Thank you for sharing yourself to the world. You're very Precious cuz you make us feel so 😌

Her voice and the way she speaks especially when she speaks poetry is just so magical

This video is so deep. Everytime I watch, I cry pondering how tiny we are in this incomprehensible grandeur of our Universe.

I had that experience but the starlings turned themselves into a massive heart in front of a church in MA, Berkshire County, where my great great grandparents built a massive church that has been since closed. However, I understand this moment in the universe, and it was love. This woman is a gift of love. 💙💚💛🧡❤️💜

Sarah, you never fail to make me cry each time you open your mouth.

The way that she translated each part of the natural things she described was amazing💜

I’ve been waiting for Sarah’s comeback 💖 truly beautiful and inspiring!

Just watched her original TED video "If I should have a daughter..." and seeing how 8 years later her passion for poetry has not diminished one bit, is honestly one of the most beautiful things ever.

this poem has been stuck in my mind ever since i first heard it. i am absolutely in love with it. if the universe has written the poem i was planning on writing, i will say that i am the wasp, and this poem is the sweet fig that has grown around me; this poem is my shelter. thank you, sarah. "i am a bird made of birds - this blue heart a house you can stand up inside of. i am dying, here, inside this flower. it is okay."

*BIRDCEPTION*

* pauses video to research figs *

i once heard this from podcast on spotify, and i was moved of how beautiful this is. it is truly well written and spoke. this made my heart so warm while the day is cold. thank you Sarah Kay and Kaveh Akbar

I was deeply impressed by Sarah"s words. Her speech is like a melody of something completely new. Thank you for your mood and thoughts. You has already told what I was planning on saying.

Thank you Sarah for sharing as us writers do, and as us vessels do.

I love poems and add that to how she expresses her words 💜💜 Its truly amazing...😃

Always wanting for more of Sarah Kay. Hope to see you soon one day 💙

This is so absolutely true and I am just now making a similar experience in my life. I strongly believe that the universe has made a plan for each one of us, we just have to listen to the universe and fulfil the role which has been written for us, like on stage. It’s so beautiful and amazing.

Sarah’s words always brings me so much comfort 🥰

I am in love with her essence and her brilliant mind.

Sarah Kay is such a breath of fresh air! 😭❤

This is still my favorite poem. 4 years of listening to this and it still makes me sob like a fool.

I’m so glad I get to listen to her again

Her language is so beautiful!! I love it

I will forever come back to this, to let my heart be touched

Just beautiful! Thanks.

immediately after she said the last line i started BAWLING.... oh man...... sarah kay has such a way with words

I was so Inspired by this ...I let go of Fear and started uploading Poetry and Music I created to my RU-vid Page Yesterday..Thanks for the Inspiration Sarah!

Thank you for this! It really touched my heart.

Welcome back Sarah Kay! I love your work!

She is everything.

She spoke at my high school once. I asked her what pokemon game her brother had (it was something she mentioned in one of her poems). I miss her. It’s been at least 5 years, maybe I’d have something more substantial to say to her.

Every now and then an artist arises that is such a master of their craft it transcends skill and work and just becomes soul and existence. Sarah Kay is the soul and existence of poetry. She to me will always be a great in her craft.

I cry, every time, it's so true, and so rare, I'm lucky to be here.

Beautiful.. thank you for creating... Sarah Kay

Sarah's speaking voice is poetry itself 🥰

This is beautiful! ♥️

I love this gorgeous human being!

She is a genius! seriously! Some people TELL metaphors - She LIVES the metaphor. I would give so much to the world through her eyes one day but I guess that's what her poems are here for

I miss listening to her. She has the voice I can listen to all day.

thank you for this!!❤

It was so beautiful. Moved me to tears.

I’ve so missed you & your magic, Sarah

The Queen is back!!!! on TED Stage!

so brilliant. always a fan!

Beautiful message 💜

Powerful. Ty

OMG I LOVE LOVE LOVEE SARAH KAYYY

Not to be a slight downer, but I want the last three sentences of this piece to be in my obituary (whenever that day comes) 🙌🏾

I must have listened to all your poems.

Oh my God. This was So beautiful. Immediate tears.

Oh my! I love Kaveh Akbar. Awesome

Why does she always make me cry?! :D

Sarah Kay is my favorite 💕💕💕

sarah is back!

Not sure if that would have been my approach of the thing but remarkable and magnificent subject to think and speak of

She made me tear up.

Amazinghhh insights!!!❤

WoW!! She is a poem writing poems. :)

Damn! The transition from speech to spoken poetry is so seamless I couldnt identify where it started! 😍 And I really also like that dress.

watching listening with tears

Victory is in perception ✨⚡️🌒🌈❄️🌟

Much better; a Talk that is part wonder, part humor... all fascination.

*Yes; that's why I don't write anything new for my assignments; I just copy-pasta the old notes from the other students. Yes, the universe has already written the poem I was planning on writing.*

Beautifully spoken and contrived piece of art

This, this is my morning sun, she gets me every time, lol of course. 🙂

Love it Sarah ... thank you:-)

this is so sad that theres so many people not getting this...

The Queen of Spoken Word Poetry.

"The eyes, Chico. The eyes never lie." Her eyes speak more than words!

Anyone have the link to the video she was talking about

Ive seen a murmuration of starlings in real life as i live in the uk 🇬🇧 its an amazing and beautiful thing to see

I'm always impressed by your poems! Always listen to them a couple of times to make sure I won't miss any of the amazing details you put inside!

Wow, very very moving!

You know, this is so insightful...because this applies to vastly different fields too. In the world of mathematics, it's the same. The Universe contains the mathematical truths, but we need mathematicians to excavate those truths.

No, you already wrote that poem. But that’s why all I have to do is listen and be better for it. Thanks for everything, Sarah

Beautiful ❤️

this was FANTASTIC i am so so so in love with that

yess!!!

Ma sha Allah! ♥️

lovely. miss you sarah

What amazing thoughts this young has! I am inspired and uplifted by her!

Wow!

Beautiful😇